applying's expensive
My time here is coming to a close.
No more lazing around. No more healthy square meals cooked for me every day. No more fluffy cats keeping me company. No more mother to hang around with. It's back to the real world.
I had some specific goals in coming back here. The main one was to finally get my grad school applications done.
Besides all the time and effort, it cost me a lot of money.
The GRE prep course: $1,000
The GRE test: $150
Application fees: $60~$105, and I applied to nine schools
Ordering official transcripts: $16, and in total I had to order 13
Ordering official GRE scores: $20, and in total I had to order nine
First class mail for letters of recommendation forms: $25, I mailed out two of these
Mailing supplemental forms to schools: $13, and I mailed out four in total
Which means it cost me over $2,300 just to APPLY!
It's probably going to cost me more too, because I have to order more transcripts and GRE score reports for scholarship/fellowship/financial aid applications.
I've worked so hard, and spent lots of money. It will all be worth it in the end though. It BETTER be worth it!.
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Good luck to you! It's going to be worth it, but you probably already knew that :)
I was hoping it would be worth it in the sense that all that time and money would be a waste if I don't even get accepted anywhere! I should stop worrying like that though...
Yeah, that is corny.
God damn-it! I wrote a long motherfucking message to you that got deleted. But what I said was don't waste your time in graduate school. Don't incur the outrageous student loans you will have to take out. I have done it all myself: Graduate School & Law School. My advice is use your bilingual skills and your VISA and work the magic in Japan. You can translate, as you have been doing (?) and you can write like you friend (?). You don't have to retreat to education to make yourself complete. You are the Master of your own destiny. Command the ship! Do your thing but do it wise. Don't waste your time or money.
Thanks for the advise. Really, thank you. It makes a lot of sense, but I have a big plan in my head about what I want to do, and I have to get into a good grad school to put it into practice. I'm not worried about the loans that much, I'll handle it! Me and money don't have a great relationship, but I've always managed to survive.
The translating and writing is Plan B.
Thanks for the advise though.
So you're just going straight to grad school, no break in between?
Dear Ms Ami,
we are a small family run firm that specialises in printing (my brother specifically), for that kind of money, we can guarantee you the finest diplomas printed on the most complementary paper or card. Please just supply preferred color scheme, full name to be placed on the diploma and preferred school you would wish it to be from.
Reference letters from members of faculty do cost extra but can be included for a small additional cost.
And for that kind of Money ($2300!!!) they are included really....
That's my take on schools....but that's just me. Well, me and Rupert Sheldrake who is a fellow of some royal charter of science thing and is the inventor/discoverer of morphogenetic fields. He did go to school but basically only studied what he wanted in the library and didn't attend any classes, still passed and got his diploma, his take was you just need to survive and have the £5 at the end for the diploma. And he's a world leader/expert in his field now, but then he did get the "original" diploma from the "real" school. (And £5 IS cheaper, but I'm sure school fees were not...). So you go on and do it the way you want and have it in your head. Still. If you change your mind let me know the colour scheme you'd prefer...
:))
xx
I get what you're saying about how a costly education is just stupid, but I've added the pros and cons up in my head, and I feel like my case is different (famous last words).
Not saying I'm right though :)
You do what you do Ami. And kick ass while you do it as usual :)